shafnutz05 wrote:Thanks Shyster. Like I said, I am usually not drawn to games like this, but you have sold the game well. I'm assuming there will be future expansions/patches?

Certainly. The game is still heavily under development. Planned features include more parts, planets, and moons; better graphics and sound; clouds and possibly weather; an asteroid belt; better aerodynamics; and more realistic engine thrust and fuel usage. For example, right now the nuclear-powered engines in the game (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_thermal_rocket) use conventional fuel and oxidizer; they’re just depicted as being really fuel efficient. Those will eventually be switched to using more accurate fuels. The designers have also said that one of the current planets (Eeloo) will eventually switch to being a moon in orbit of a gas-giant planet, and supposedly there will be at least three gas giants in total (only one—Jool—is in the game now).

Yup. It’s pretty obvious that they are basing the Kerbol system on our own solar system, as every planet in the game right now has a real-life analogue. (Moho=Mars; Eve=Venus; Kerbin=Earth, Duna=Mars; Dres=Ceres; Jool=Jupiter; Eeloo=Enceladus). They are making the solar system much more compact than real life. Every planet in KSP would actually be inside Earth’s orbit if it were real. But the compaction is certainly understandable because larger distances between planets would just mean more sitting and waiting for players. As it is, even at the fastest time-acceleration factor it takes something like five minutes to travel out to the most distant planet.

Sarcastic wrote:Question. How are rental places like Gamefly or Redbox going to cope with XBox One's policy?

sony announced theyre letting developers do the same thing. i find it hard to imagine companies like ea not taking advantage of it by saying some nonsense like a consistent policy is simpler and in the best interest of gamers.

and i cant see how they will. the developers want them shut down for good.

Loaf31 wrote:Did anyone buy the "Season Pass" with The Last of Us? Wondering if its worth the $20

I didn't. I hate day 1 DLC, it just annoys me. It didn't seem like it was worth it anyways. I think two of the DLC is for multiplayer which I won't use. I mean I guess if you know you are gonna get all the DLC then its worth saving 10$.

Okay, I can't find my last post on this subject, so I apologize for re-posting if anyone answered.

I currently have my PS3 connected to our living room TV. That severely limits my gameplay options, so I'd like to move it to the office.... which means connecting it to the same monitor as my PC. My PC monitor does not have an HDMI input, so that means I need a switch of some kind for the display, and I'd have to get audio through my PC.

tifosi77 wrote:Okay, I can't find my last post on this subject, so I apologize for re-posting if anyone answered.

I currently have my PS3 connected to our living room TV. That severely limits my gameplay options, so I'd like to move it to the office.... which means connecting it to the same monitor as my PC. My PC monitor does not have an HDMI input, so that means I need a switch of some kind for the display, and I'd have to get audio through my PC.

tifosi77 wrote:Okay, I can't find my last post on this subject, so I apologize for re-posting if anyone answered.

I currently have my PS3 connected to our living room TV. That severely limits my gameplay options, so I'd like to move it to the office.... which means connecting it to the same monitor as my PC. My PC monitor does not have an HDMI input, so that means I need a switch of some kind for the display, and I'd have to get audio through my PC.

DVI=HDMI without sound. a connector like this would solve your video problem immediately:

you can also buy full length cords that are dvi on one side and hdmi on the other. this wont fix give you audio.

i would definitely NOT want to send audio thru a pc unless you already have the input hardware. you will have to set the audio up on the pc every time you want to play. the easiest solution (if not elegant) is to buy a 2nd set of pc speakers or a headset. you could buy audio input hardware for the pc and enable it whenever you want to play a game.

you are going to send video thru hdmi and audio thru the av multiport. this is how older hdtvs with dvi and no hdmi use ps3.

im guess you wanted a solution using the component part of the av multiport. the problem with your monitor input types are that analog rgb and digital are just the types of signals it can accept. component video uses YPbPr and isnt compatible with rgb vga without a really expensive convertor.

how is your monitor connected now? i assume vga? does your pc have dvi or hdmi out?

if you asked me to do this here is the fantastical diagram i would draw. pfidc and admin will like it.

It looks like the tricksy bit is getting audio from both devices. I have a cheap set of Altech 2.1 speakers, but the desktop volume control hub thingy has an Aux In input. I wonder if I could just connect the PS3 audio through that every time I wanted to play? That's not really a hassle. Will the signal remain stereo if use a y connector to make use of that Aux input?

the wicked child wrote:I'm wondering if I didn't make a mistake getting it for PC though... The controls are awkward as hell for me. Do not like using wasd to move. (Yeah, I don't play many PC games of this type).

I suggest you go to http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/, take a look at all of the hundreds of mods available for Skyrim that you can only use with the PC version (and maybe install the Nexus Mod Manager and try out a few of the best-rated ones), and then ask yourself that question again.

Personally, even if I were a console gamer, I would never dream of buying a Fallout or Elder Scrolls game on anything other than the PC, as the modding community for those games is absolutely massive. It really adds to the value of the game.